Was doing a spot of shopping on the weekend and walked past this new shop in the Gallery's Victoria building in Sydney called Potential of Hydrogen. It had quite a few bikes on display with a bit of clothing associated with it as well. All the bikes were fixed gears, was not sure if it was a clothing store selling bikes or a bike store selling clothing. They seem to be tapping into/focusing on the fixed gear clothing/bike trend that Industrie were doing last year. I had a bit of a look at the bikes and they seemed ok, much better than the fixies Industrie were handing out. Had a chat to the manager - the bikes are all produced over in asia, shipped here and assembled.

Has anyone has checked them out or know more about them? I'm definitely not talking myself into an N+1 here, more for the trendy mates who are looking for that sort of thing.

Righto. I thought I'd seen a pic of the 'race' model someplace with a threaded fork on it.

ph website wrote:Our signature â€˜fixieâ€™ flies in the face of the all-too-familiar fixie profile, and gives as good as it gets. This modern twist is not just for looksâ€”it shortens the wheel-base to give greater responsiveness and a tighter ride. The frame is forged from heat-treated, double-butted 4130 Chromoly making it considerably lighter, stronger and harder than standard steel frames. Each bike comes with quality componentry, both a riser bar and a pista bar, front and back brakes, fixed and free wheel cog, and a tire-changing tool.

Did they really have to put the words fixie in ' ' ?

For a bike that declares 'Looks are important', this is a bit off target:

But they do also say 'Performance is King', and those forks would be sturdy for bombing kerbs and bunnyhops out the wazoo.

You may know already but they sell them at most glue stores. I think the objective is to signify the fixie trend then get customers to buy their clothes along with a $600 bike. I may be wrong but it just sounds like they are using fixies as ways to get people to buy stuff.

rkelsen wrote:I dunno what that thing is MB, but if it represents sarcasm I should have it tattooed to my forehead.

Spot on RK. Some genius, no doubt appalled at the lack of a sarcasm emoticon came up with this as a way to tell the world what he really meant.It's called a sarcmarkTM T shirts are available practically nowhere.

...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.London Boy 29/12/2011

Hey guys, im very new here but recently got the ph06 black trick bike from potential of hydrogen

admittedly there are some cheaper components on this bike and ive already changed the handlebars and pedals, I really enjoy the fatness of the tyres as I can thrash it off gutters etc just like my old mongoose BMX

It's a ton of fun to ride but wouldn't really use it as my daily commuter!